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* ''[[City of Heroes]]'' linked this to [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]; heroes "defeat", "apprehend", "arrest" or "stop" criminals, even if the hero does so with a broadsword, katana or high-powered rifle. Also, Paragon City has a municipal teleporter system which, among other things, is used to [[Everything Fades|transport unconscious criminals]] directly to an unspecified law-enforcement facility, possibly the Zigursky prison in Brickstown, and unconscious heroes to the [[Trauma Inn|hospital]].

** Interestingly, the [[Expansion Pack]] ''City Of Villains'' lacks this explanation; while official heroes are presumably linked up to the aforementioned teleport system, the random thugs you meet on the streets of Mercy Island may well ''really'' die from your attacks. This idea is supported by the fact that while the police drones in ''City of Heroes'' are stated in their description as being tied to the teleporter system, their equivalent Arachnos drones in ''City of Villains'' are stated in their description as "vaporizing" targets.

** The text though is really meant to leave it up to the players to decide whether they arrest, beat up or kill their enemies (allowing [[Anti-Hero]] and [[Anti-Villain]] characters), so this trope can be [[Your Mileage May Vary|subjective]].

* In ''[[EVE Online]]'', a destroyed ship will always spit the pilot out in an escape pod. However, a player who doesn't mind being universally hated can take out the escape pod too, reducing the pilot to however they were when they last updated their clone.

* No one dies in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''; they just get "Beaten Up".

* In ''[[Gaia Online|zOMG!]]'', players who lose all of their HP are considered "dazed". They can still slowly shuffle around the screen they're on or send chat messages, but can't change screens or interact with anything. Oh, and the ability that lets a player revive another player on the field is called [[Magical Defibrillator|"Defibrillate"]].

* In [[Mabinogi]] Once the players Health is down to zero, they are knocked out and could be revived by a passer-by. Justified they cant die, due to the 'Milletians' (the player) being from another world.

 

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